56. Not later than 22 days before polling day, the returning officer shall give a public notice stating that sole owners or occupants and designated co-owners and co-occupants are entitled to have their names entered on the list of electors and mentioning how they may obtain information on the rules governing the entry of their names on the list of electors.
The notice shall invite sole owners and occupants who wish to make a first application for entry or to withdraw the existing entry to transmit to the returning officer, within the prescribed time, the application or a signed writing requesting the withdrawal.
The notice shall also invite co-owners and co-occupants who wish to make a first designation or replace the existing designation to transmit to the returning officer, within the prescribed time, the power of attorney.
1987, c. 57, s. 56; 1997, c. 34, s. 16; 1999, c. 25, s. 6; 2009, c. 11, s. 6.